Core Lecture: Human Computer Interaction / Winter Term 2022

	Type	Core Lecture (9CP)
	Time	Monday, 12.00 – 14.00 Wednesday, 14.00 – 16.00
	Place	Gebäude E1 3 – Hörsaal II (0.02.1)
	Starting	Monday 24th October This course starts on Monday 24th with a kick-off session sharing information about the course structure and registration. Students can register for the course and find all course information via Moodle – registration on Moodle will be open from Monday 24th October until Monday 31st October. Tutorials will be offered at multiple time slots throughout the week; upon registration, please fill in the poll stating your availabilities throughout the week. Once students have completed the poll, tutorial groups and timings will be confirmed. Tutorials will start in the week beginning 7th November and be on campus.
	Language	English
	Links	Moodle, LSF

Description

This course teaches the theoretical and practical foundations for human computer interaction. It covers a wide overview of topics, techniques and approaches used for the design and evaluation of modern user interfaces.

The course covers the principles that underlie successful user interfaces, provides an overview of input and output devices and user interface types, and familiarizes students with the methods for designing and evaluating user interfaces. Students learn to critically assess user interfaces, to design user interfaces themselves, and to evaluate them in empirical studies.

Topics:

Fundamentals of human-computer interaction
User interface paradigms, input and output devices
Desktop & graphical user interfaces
Mobile user interfaces
Natural user interfaces
User-centered interaction design
Design principles and guidelines
Prototyping
Evaluation of user interfaces

Eligibility

This lecture replaces the UID lecture. Therefore students who successfully completed UID will not be allowed to take the lecture.

Transfer of credit from previous semesters:

“I have successfully completed the exercises and projects of HCI in winter term 2021/22, but have not passed the final exam. Can I just write the exam?”
Yes you can transfer your exercises and projects from HCI in winter term 2021/22 to HCI in winter term 2022/23, so you do not have to hand in exercises and project assignments a second time. To do this you must register on the HCI Moodle – a link to register for exam only will be added shortly after the course starts.
You cannot transfer partial grades from previous HCI or UID lectures.

Details on the grading scheme will be announced in the first lecture.

Exercises

Attendance of the tutorials is recommended but not mandatory. All tutorial times and information are shared on Moodle.

Registration

You do not have to register for this lecture beforehand. Just come to the first lecture and then register for an exercise group on moodle.

If you are a student of the computer science department: your user name and password for moodle is the same as the one you have received for the CS owncloud.
Forgot your password? If you have forgotten your password or not sure if you have an account or not, try this link to reset your password. Use your university email address. Give the system about 20mins to send your credentials. If you do not receive an email after that time, make sure you check your junk/spam email folder before requesting for a new account.
If you haven’t received an mail regarding your account please contact Alex Fauss.
If you are NOT a student of the computer science department and if you are sure that you don’t have an account, then please fill the form at this link.

Important: Later in the semester, a few weeks before the exam, you have to register for the exam on HISPOS. The registration must be made no later than one week before the exam.

Exam

	Date	Venue
Exam	12.30-14.00 on Wednesday 15th February 2023	Günter-Hotz-Lecture Hall in E2 2, lecture halls HS001, HS002 and HS003 in E1 3 and lecture halls I and II in E2 5
Re-Exam	14.00-15.30 on Monday 20th March 2023	Lecture halls I, II and III in E2 5

Literature

The lecture will be based on the book:
Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction (Rogers et al, 3rd ed.)

Additional literature:

Shneiderman, B., Plaisant, C.: Designing the User Interface, Pearson, 5^th ed.
Butz, A., Krüger, A.: Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion, De Gruyter
Preim, B., Dachselt, R.: Interaktive Systeme, Springer, 2^nd edition (two volumes)
Dix, A.: Human-Computer Interaction, Pearson, 3^rd edition

All books are available in the library (paper copy, some of them also electronic, see here http://www.infomath-bib.de/tmp/vorlesungen/info-core_human-computer-interaction.html).

Materials

Slides and assignments will be made available on the moodle platform.

Contact

Email
hci2022@cs.uni-saarland.de

Lecturer
Dr. Martin Schmitz

Tutorials and Organization
Dr. Ata Otaran and Dr. Alice Haynes